"Osprey" by Matthew Corrigan

[Siko]

Just finished this and I really enjoyed it, so thought I'd share with PH as a great summer read...oh and it is written by a fellow PHer aswell (not me btw!).

The novel is set around the time of the South African World Cup and the initial phone hacking scandal and concerns a corrupt politician at Manchester City Council and his attempts to pull off a major fraud by tapping into global warming fears. It's not my normal type of read, but after a slightly slow start I was absolutely gripped and what I really enjoyed was every twist and turn of the plot took me in a direction I was not expecting. The lead protagonist is a really quite believable Machiavellian character and I sincerely hope he returns in an even more devious form, but all of the characters are very believable rather than the clear cut 'goodies and baddies' you sometimes get from many authors. I won't spoil the plot, but it is a classic wee-boiler that will hook you in and spew you out a few days later; his descriptions of the subterfuge and back-stabbing at Manchester Council are excellent, realistic and utterly gripping.

I found this on the usual Brazilian river website and hope you enjoy it as much as I (honestly) did

[slow_poke]

Got it on Kindle, I'll get around to starting it by the weekend.

[slow_poke]

Eh, I should really update threads when it's relevant.

This is a good read - I've made that judgement based on the fact that after reading the book I wondered what the main characters would get up to next. Always a sign of a good writer that he can create characters and scenarios that you can buy into and wonder what'll happen next to them.

So in summary : Good book, good writer, go and buy it.

[Roy Lime]

I'm the author. Thank you both very, very much for your kind words and I'm genuinely glad you enjoyed it. The novel is my first and was released in June this year. OSPREY was published unedited (though not without proofreading - stupid they ain't) by Empire because they liked its style from the start. This might go some way to explaining the 'slightly slow' beginning, as there's a point where my writing gains in confidence and (I hope) fluency. At the moment work is slowly progressing on a second unrelated novel. Like OSPREY, it'll be a topical satire which will hopefully raise a few wry smiles.

Councillor King has, in spite of his spurious nature, proved quite a popular character. I'm sure he's been keeping an avaricious eye on developments in Scotland; right now he's probably having a good think about how to profit from any devolution of power that might be coming his way. We shall just have to see.

Once again thanks very much. It's hard work pushing a book as an unknown and your comments are very much appreciated.

[Siko]

That's good to hear he's coming back and I love the sound of him trying to profit from Devolution. Sneaky git!

Best of luck